Lakshya Sen vs Chou Tien-chen LIVE Score, Men’s Singles, Paris Olympics© AFP
Lakshya Sen vs Chou Tien-chen, Men’s Singles Quarter-Finals, Live Updates: Lakshya Sen will be taking on Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien-chen in the badminton men’s singles quarter-final match at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Friday. Sen marched into last 8 after defeating compatriot HS Prannoy 21-12, 21-6 in the Round of 16 match. Sen is India’s only remaining hope for a badminton medal from Paris. He is now the third Indian after Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth, who had reached the quarterfinals in the London and Rio edition of the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016, to enter the last eight stage.
Lakshya Sen’s quarterfinal is set to get underway at 09:05 PM IST.
Here are the Live Updates of badminton men’s singles quarterfinals match between Lakshya Sen and Chou Tien-chen at Paris Olympics:
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20:53 (IST)
Olympics Badminton LIVE: Chou is a cancer survivor
Chou Tien-chen overcame early stage colorectal cancer after a minor surgery in 2023. It is truly inspiration for him to be taking part in an Olympics just a year later, at the age of 34.
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20:51 (IST)
Olympics Badminton LIVE: Lakshya’s record vs Chou
Lakshya has faced Chou four times previously, winning just one. However, Lakshya has been in fine form so far in Paris, and has not dropped a set yet.
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20:47 (IST)
Olympics Badminton LIVE: Chou Tien-chen
Lakshya’s opponent Chou Tien-chen is seeded 12th at the Paris Olympics. The man from Chinese Taipei beat world no. 5 Kodai Naraoka from Japan in straight sets to enter the semis.
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20:39 (IST)
Olympics Badminton LIVE: Third Indian after Kashyap, Srikanth
Lakshya Sen is now the third Indian male badminton player to reach the quarterfinals of Paris Olympics 2024, after Parupalli Kashyap reached the same in London 2012 and Kidambi Srikanth in Rio 2016.
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20:29 (IST)
Olympics Badminton LIVE: Only Indian hope
Lakshya Sen is now the only Indian badminton star left in the Paris Olympics 2024. After Satwik-Chirag’s shock exit in the men’s doubles quarters, and a disappointing exit for PV Sindhu from the women’s singles yesterday night, all hopes lie on Lakshya.
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20:27 (IST)
Olympics Badminton LIVE: Start time: 9:05 PM
We are now just over half-an-hour away from the start of Lakshya Sen’s quarter-final match, which is set to begin at 9:05 PM IST.
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20:15 (IST)
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